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athvrrnn Sra'rns Farrar ABEL BEEAE, OF SAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

EMPROVEMENT iN APPARATUS FOR R/SENG WATER, &C.

Specification forming part oi Letters Patent No. 4141,75?, dated October 25, 15564.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABEL BREAR, of Saugatuck, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful AImprovement iirApparatus for Raising and Forcing Vater and other Liquids; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a central vertical section ot' an apparatus constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation ot' the same at right angles to Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

rEhis invention relates to apparatus for raising and forcing water and other liquids by the injection of a jet of steam or other aerii'orm iluid at a suitable pressure into a chamber which connects a suction with a delivery pipe.

lt consists in a novel construction and ar rangement ot' the suction and delivery inlet and outlet and the steam-nozzle, whereby the apparatus is rendered capable of raising and delivering a larger volume of liquid by means of a given quantity of steam or other aeritorm fluid, and of operating with a less pressure ot' such fluid.

To enable others skilled in the art to malle and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the chamber which forms the connection between the suction and delivery pipes i3 and C, and into which the nozzle D, with which the steam-pipe E is connected, enters. This chamber is represented as formed of a casting of a bulb or inverted-pear shape, but may be of such other form as to provide i'or the connection of the suction-pipe B at its bottom and the delivery-pipe C at its top, and to leave sufficient room within it for the free passage of water around the steam-nozzle D. The suction and delivery pipes are screwed into or otherwise secured in the inlet and outlet openings provided inthe casting,the said openings being directly opposite to and in line with each other,

and the portions connected with the chamber occupy upright positions. The steam-nozzle D is made ot' elbow shape, and inserted through an opening in one side ofthe chamber, and is secured in place by being provided with a ilange, c, which is bolted or otherwise secured to the exterior of the chamber. The mouth of this nozzle is turned upward, and is in the center of the chamber A, and in line with the suc tion and delivery inlet and outlet. The stea1npipe E is screwed into or otherwise secured to its flanged portion.

rihe apparatus may be arranged with its suction-pipe B simply dipping into the water or other liquid in the place from which it is to be raised, or may be submerged, so that a portion or the whole of the chamber is submerged, provided that the submerged portion of the steam-pipe be protected by an outer pipe or jacket to prevent condensation of the steam. Vfhen steam is admitted through the pipe E and nozzle D, it jets directly upward into the delivery-pipe and produces a vacuum in the lower part ofthe chamber A, into which the water or other liquid is forced by atmospheric pressure, and as fast as the liquid rises in the chamber it is forced up through the delivery-pipe bythe jet of steam from the nozzle,

which is discharged upward directly in line with the deliverypipe. It will be seen that the suction and delivery pipes and the mouth of the nozzle are all in line with each other, and hence the steam acts with the greatest possible effect.

Compressed air or other aeriform liuid under pressure may be used instead of steam to produce the same effect.

lll/That l claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement oftheinlet and outlet openings of the chamber A and the mouth of the elbow-shaped nozzle D all in line with each other and in upright positions, substantially as herein specified.

ABEL BREAR.

'Vitnesses:

H. M. STREVER, J. W. Ooomss. 

